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popsdenver

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22. All of the corporations

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 01:08 PM

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raised the price of everything the last year Biden was in office, just to help Trump make it look like Biden was the cause of all of the inflation. However, if you looked at the corporation's sales, there was an additional amount of RECORD profits........showing what was really going on........
The Corporations are pleased that they are reaping the profits, since they are the ones that make outrageous donations to the Republican Party, and are getting exactly what they want in return.
No small wonder they didn't lower there prices back down to where they were, the execs were incredibly happy about their increased bonuses.......

When they figure the inflation, the Consumer Price Index has been crooked since Reagan rigged it in the 1980's.
And you can be certain that it doesn't factor in the "SHRINKAGE" in the quantities size which is at least 30% more.......

The United States of America.....should be re-named: The United Corporations of America
A direct consequence of the Supreme Court's passage of: Citizens United in 2010

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The Trump tariffs scam in a nutshell [View all] dalton99a Sunday OP

DURec leftstreet Sunday #1

Not a logical step Roy Rolling Yesterday #37

let me make a small correction... Javaman 17 hrs ago #40

The companies will then be expected to donate some of their profits back to Trump. Irish_Dem Sunday #2

The state it was sold in made additional sales tax revenue due to the tariffs as well MichMan Sunday #3

Except sector tariffs like auto parts are not covered by the SCOTUS ruling Fiendish Thingy Sunday #4

No incentive to lower price Randomthought Sunday #5

+1. Corporations rarely lower prices once they have raised them. dalton99a Sunday #8

That's the most important aspect of this. Probatim Sunday #20

And their competition raises prices as well Tasmanian Devil Sunday #33

A Different Nutshell Heard From: The Tariff Monies Went Straight Into.... ColoringFool Sunday #6

That is not true. The tariffs went straight into the US Treasury. Wiz Imp Sunday #25

Is That Sarcastic Towards Me Or Trump? ColoringFool Sunday #31

Wow. Wiz Imp Sunday #32

I don't think anybody questions that the tariff money goes to the Treasury. That's the wrong question. Bluetus Sunday #34

I agree with that. Wiz Imp Sunday #35

If the money deposited in the Treasury was, say, $225B, I wonder Bluetus 14 hrs ago #42

Well, That Tidy Little Sum Of $10 Billion For The "Board Of Peace"....... ColoringFool Sunday #36

Agree, but it's missing one step gulliver Sunday #7

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haha haha ha ha ha ha ha ha bsiebs Sunday #10

Lol gulliver Sunday #12

Tariffs are just baked into the price and aren't listed separately on invoices provided to customers. Shermann Sunday #9

We had some online purchases that did have line item tariff charges added. Hope22 17 hrs ago #39

Yes and no. Ms. Toad Sunday #11

Thanks. progressoid Sunday #21

This is a very real scenario. And nosice there was an extra $25 of price gouging in this example. Bluetus Sunday #13

+1. Companies have also been raising prices because of "oh, inflation" dalton99a Sunday #16

All of the corporations popsdenver Sunday #22

Yep, purely profit-driven. dalton99a Sunday #29

There is a simple solution to most of our economic issues Bluetus Sunday #30

Exactly Blue popsdenver 10 hrs ago #43

Exactly. Everything has been shifted toward wealth accumulation Bluetus 9 hrs ago #44

AND, has been, esp since 1980 popsdenver 8 hrs ago #45

And that we have mostly been sleeping through this rise of fascism. Bluetus 6 hrs ago #46

I have been popsdenver 5 hrs ago #47

There it is. 2naSalit Sunday #14

Pretty much Demixs Sunday #15

I've always said tariffs tranfer money from consumers to the Treasury. CaptainTruth Sunday #17

Exactly--it is a potential windfall for companies that passed the tariffs straight on the the consumers. Ol Janx Spirit Sunday #18

Good luck ever seeing a penny of that refund. xuplate Sunday #19

THIS! Mr.Bee Sunday #23

They are robbing us blind in so many ways! debsy Sunday #24

By the time he gets bout of here the debt will be beyond astronomical! Hope22 16 hrs ago #41

It's been a total crap shoot MadScout Sunday #26

We will never see a dime. I doubt companies, who technically paid the tariff will either. themaguffin Sunday #27

Greedy grifters.......ALL of them vapor2 Sunday #28

Hell, that is the description of our entire society, not just those tariffs. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 18 hrs ago #38